Chapter 276: The Hokkaido March

Two hours later, the battle had come to an end. The field of vision was full of Han naval athletes and Western Turkic cavalry, and there was no longer a single servant.

With Pu County as the center, the servants within a radius of more than ten miles on both sides have been swept away. The cold ground was littered with corpses of men and horses, and the grass was soaked with blood, and it looked extremely desolate in the white winter sun.

Hundreds of thousands of sheep and horses were captured, all of which were driven together by the Western Turkic cavalry, and the Turkic knights were extremely excited. For the Han people, land is the most important wealth, but for these steppe barbarians, the most precious thing is sheep and horses.

According to the prior agreement, after these sheep and horses were driven to the north court, they could get 30%. This was a great fortune, and after driving the sheep and horses back to the tribe, the tribe would undoubtedly be able to live a rich enough winter.

Du Huaiguang ordered the Turkic cavalry to disperse and continue to sweep along the Pu Sea. The length and width of the Pu Sea are dozens of miles, and they have all been occupied by the servants, most of them are gathered on the edge of the Pu City, but there are some in the distance. The servants in these places must also be killed, and this time the task can be considered completely completed.

The Fugu tribe has lost the elite of the clan, and the Western Turkic cavalry has swept away the remaining Fugu people like boiling soup and pouring snow, without any suspense.

The Han Navy athletes followed Du Huaiguang straight to Pu City on the shore of the lake, easily opened the city gate, and began to clean up the servants in Pu City.

There were more than 1,000 servants who fled into the city, but they had no experience in defending the city, and they did not even organize to block the city gates, but only scattered into the city and hid everywhere. The Han navy poured into the city, scattered and grabbed these rats out of the shadows, and hacked them to death.

In addition to the servants, there were also some slaves in the city who were captured by the servants on the way to the west, and these people were also killed in the city without a net.

These people belong to the Turkic race like the Fugu people, their appearance and language are all the same, and they can't be screened one by one, Du Huaiguang is a rough person, and he has no interest in screening them one by one, for him, killing them all is undoubtedly the quickest way, and he obeyed Ma Lan's orders.

Pu City has become the center of the silk horse market, the city was originally quite prosperous, and then the Fugu people came and slaughtered, making Pu City a dead city, Han merchants and other merchants of all ethnic groups were killed by the Fugu tribe. And now the Tang Iron Cavalry came, but they killed the servants in the city.

After clearing the city of servants, the Han Navy sergeants scattered and searched the city for the corpse of the right man. At the beginning of October, it was already quite cold in Pu Shihai, so the corpses did not decompose, and hundreds of corpses of the right man were found and piled up outside the county office.

Most of these were Han merchants and their families, and some were Han officials from Puzhi City, who were Du Huaiguang's colleagues. This time, Xingshi came to avenge these Tang people, and now that he is here, he naturally wants to bury these Han people.

It took an hour or two to bury all the corpses of the Han family one by one. A huge cemetery appeared in Pu City, and each Han had a separate tomb.

"Ma Xiang is the most important Hanmin, if he sees this with his own eyes, he doesn't know what to think." Du Huaiguang led the athletes to solemnly kowtow to the tomb of Hermes-Epitek three times, then stood up and said.

Li Qiyun said solemnly: "If Ma Xiang sees this with his own eyes, I am afraid that it will be the wrath of thunder immediately." The world is so big, and there is only one person who values the Han family's promotion and fighting for the small people. However, sooner or later, the prime minister will come here in person, and he will definitely see all this at that time, so the general must be prepared in advance, and he will inevitably send troops again in the future. ”

Du Huaiguang nodded. He is not afraid of sending troops, what he is afraid of is that there is no war to fight, and now that the Western Turks are tamed, the trouble is the Hui Khanate, and if something like this happens, a big war must be inevitable, and it is the time to use force. If you prepare now, you will be able to make greater contributions in the future.

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The Uighurs invaded Puzhi County and killed hundreds of Han people, and the news was already reported by messengers to Hezhong and Chang'an. The river is far away, and Chang'an is slightly closer, so when Du Huaiguang killed the Fugu tribe on the shore of Pu Mountain, the messenger had already arrived outside the Anyuan Gate.

When Li Longji, the son of the Tang Dynasty, heard the news, his eyes lit up with excitement, and he immediately convened a court meeting to discuss this matter with his ministers.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the rebuilding of Taizong Gaozong's meritorious work, Anbei Protectorate will also govern Mobei, and this is the time!" Yang Guozhong, the left minister, now has a monopoly on the court, and after observing the words and feelings, he immediately understood what Li Longji was thinking, and was the first to speak loudly.

"Oh? Yang Qing said let's take a look. Li Longji smiled, looking extremely happy.

"Hui Wei jumped off the clown, lived up to Jun En, and dared to enter the North Court, which is killing himself!" Yang Guozhong said generously, "In the past, Taizong set up Yanran Duhufu in Tiele's hometown, commanded the Tiele tribes, and governed thousands of miles, reaching Beihai in the north, reaching the sand moraine in the south, and Zhuhu was tamed. During the Gaozong Dynasty, it was renamed the Hanhai Metropolitan Protectorate, and the administrative office was moved north to the Huifu Tent, which controlled the land more extensively, and later changed to the Metropolitan Protectorate of Anbei. After the resurgence of the Ashina clan, the sand moraine was cut off, and the Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate continued to move south, and now it is in the Tiande Army! The land of the north and south of the sand moraine is no longer the territory of the Han family! ”

"However, Your Majesty's great strategy is not inferior to the two saints of Taizong and Gaozong! Today's Datang soldiers are far more sharp than that day! Tubo has been plagued for a hundred years, and today it has disappeared, and Li Jing's young heroes in the east and Khitan white-headed Xi have all dispersed. Now he is a patient of the Tang Dynasty, and he can only return to the north. Your Majesty will be kind to you, and you will not be grateful, but want to invade Your Majesty's land! Such an act is rebellion! When the army was raised to ask for the guilt, the Huiya tent was broken, the Anbei Protectorate moved north to his hometown, and led the north and south Zhuhu of the sand moraine, so that the town of serious illness would never suffer from future troubles! ”

Li Longji nodded with a smile and asked, "Ge Le has been very respectful in recent years, is it too much to die in his country because of this incident?" ”

"Your Majesty, although Gele continues to pay tribute, the Hui people have always made a living by plundering, and the border counties have suffered greatly. If Gele can't soothe the people, he has no way, and he can attack him! If Your Majesty has mercy on Gele, he can save one of his lives after defeating him, and leave some of his men with him, so that he can be nomadic and self-supporting. Yang Guozhong said loudly.

"Reasonable." Li Longji nodded, and said with a smile, "What do you think of Aiqing?" ”

Yang Guozhong is also looking at everyone, now Yang Guozhong is alone above the court, and most of the people above the court are his henchmen, everyone is obedient to him, where does anyone dare to raise objections. Even if they were worried about the danger of the soldiers, they didn't dare to speak, but more people spoke out one after another and echoed Yang Guozhong's opinion.

Jia Zhi, a scholar from Zhongshushe, hesitated for a moment, and couldn't help but say: "Your Majesty, this time it is a disaster for people to return to the house, and it is appropriate to ask for it." However, when he returned to the land of control, the tooth tent was in Mobei, which was far away from Tingzhou, and Gele might not know about Tingzhou. According to the minister's opinion, why not send an envoy to Mobei to ask him about his crime and make him defend himself? If Gele can't defend himself, it's not too late to raise troops to attack! ”

Yang Guozhong glared at Jia Zhi fiercely, Jia Zhi's body trembled, and he lowered his head slightly.

Li Longji smiled: "It's okay to send an envoy to ask for guilt, then wait for the army to be ready, and then set off with the envoy." ”

Jia Zhi sighed lightly and remained silent. The ministers looked at each other, and they all understood that His Majesty had made up his mind.

The messenger of guilt and the army set out together, which means that Gehrer will not be given a chance to defend himself!

Li Longji turned his head to look at Zhang Xun, the head of the household department: "Zhang Qing, is there enough money and food to support this battle?" ”

Zhang Xun didn't have the slightest expression on his face, and said in a low voice: "Li Jing uses troops in the northeast, consuming too much money and food, if he only relies on the wealth of the household department, it is not enough. However, if Your Majesty really wants to fight this battle, the ministers will raise enough money and food for Your Majesty, which is the duty of the ministers. ”

"Oh?" Li Longji said with a smile, "Can Zhang Qing turn stones into gold?" ”

Zhang Xun shook his head and said in a low voice: "Weichen doesn't know how to count alchemy, but there are many merchants behind the Hezhong Group, and the money and grain that each family can take out exceeds the income of the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, Your Majesty can rest assured that the money and food are sufficient. ”

"Your idea to hit these guys?" Li Longji laughed and said, "There is no business or treachery, those guys would rather bury the money in the ground than take it out for my use." Pointing at them to give money and food, forget it! ”

Zhang Xun said in a low voice: "Your Majesty doesn't know, no one has buried copper coins in the ground now. Their spare money is all stored in the river group, and what they hold in their hands is only a voucher for saving money. Behind the Hezhong Group is the Household Department, and behind the Household Department is the Tang Dynasty, none of them wants Your Majesty to defeat the battle, as long as Your Majesty needs to use it, their money is Your Majesty's money, and no one will have a word of complaint. When the money stored in the trading house is spent, they will continue to take out money and food to support His Majesty. However, after using it, His Majesty still has to return it to them. ”

"Is that so?" Li Longji raised his eyebrows and said, "You said that I used their money, and they won't be angry?" ”

Zhang Xun nodded and said: "Your Majesty, although they are profit-seeking people, they have become one with the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty will prosper, and the Tang Dynasty will die if they die. ”

"Shut up! Zhang Xun, what nonsense are you talking about? How could Datang die? Datang will survive for thousands of years! Yang Guozhong's face sank and he scolded angrily.

Zhang Xun was stunned for a moment, bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, the minister has lost his words, Your Majesty forgives you." ”

Li Longji waved his hand and said with a smile: "Yang Qing doesn't have to be harsh, Zhang Qing has worked hard for me in the Tang Dynasty, and it is common for me to be in a trance for a while." ”

Yang Guozhong snorted and didn't say anything more.

He also knew that Zhang Xun was because of his wife's tragic death, and he has been silent these days, but things have always been done well. After all, Zhang Xun is a cadre, and he has no selfish desire to compete for power, so he is not a threat to him, and he will not deliberately embarrass him. Zhang Xun said the wrong thing just now, and as the prime minister, he should correct it, which is also his due righteousness.

"Since there is no shortage of money and food, let's prepare quickly!" Li Longji said with a smile, "This time the troops are sent to Mobei, and they will definitely hit Beihai!" This march is called the Hokkaido March! Quickly send an edict to Ma Lu, ordering him to put aside the things in the river first, rush back to Anxi, lead the general manager of the Hokkaido march, sweep the north and south of the moraine for me, and reopen the capital of Anbei in the Huiya tent! ”

"Your Majesty! The post of the head of the Hokkaido march cannot be entrusted to Ma Renjie! Yang Guozhong said loudly.

"Don't let Ma Qing preside over this matter?" Li Longji frowned and said, "Yang Qing, do you have a better candidate?" (To be continued.) )